Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Gosens6]

I'm loving the game this year. If the retail is any better than the demo then I finally got my football fix since Madden 07 for the PS2.

I've stopped worrying about the OS issues that are brought up every year and i'm just playing a fun game of video game football.

I love the psychics, the audio department did a bang up job and the graphics are superb.

I'm having fun, and if there is a slider set that comes out this year that enhances my fun, then I can't wait. I'm more hyped for CCM than ever now, and this game needs to hurry up and come out!

Kudos to EA for finally making another good football game I can enjoy, and kudos to myself for just letting myself enjoy a good football game.

[FlyEaglesFly3]

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

You can still make trades. Though, I believe CC will be way too complicated for anyone to control all the teams.

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

Does it bother anyone else that you can't run a replay after a play has been completed?

I thought you could only controll one team this year anyways.

I'm thinking they don't let you run a replay because it would have just put extra information on the download, also so you can see they funny physics screw ups lol.

[poohty_t]

well to start , i have a ps3. i really was hoping for ONCE EA had stepped up their game and made a really good nfl football game. there was much hype, maybe way too much hype, about how much different this game was gonna be. after playing the demo for a while yesterday , this is my take on what i saw. they spent WAY too much time on the "pregame" show, as in the wierd little ea room showing a few players from each team. looks like they spent most of their time in there to me. the announcers , YES , i can say is the ONE thing i really think is better . after playing about 6 games though, that is sadly about all i can say i really feel like is much improved. however , id much rather gameplay be improved . for one , i have still seen the Linebackers jumping 15 feet in air to grab INTS. i mean , come on EA, THAT IS RIDICULOUS! i cant believe they didnt fix that. no wait , yes i can too. they spent way too much time hyping the game, i shoulda known something was up. another thing i noticed was(i only played on all madden level) the WRs and TEs cant catch anything. i mean they will be wide open , id be hitting the catch button when the ball got there, and the ball would just bounce right off their hands. WTH??? then the rag doll animations are pretty much laughable to me . that isnt psyhics i can feel , its unreal psyhics i can laugh at. i mean , i just dont get it. i dunno, maybe its jut me , but in madden 12 u had about as much pass control as in this one. originally they had said they added so much control to the passing on this one but just like in 12, if u quick tap pass , its a lob, if u hit and hold button for a sec , its a medium throw, and if u just hold pass button down , its a bullet...... i dont see that much difference there? i really really dont get it. the graphics are alittle smoother , that ill give them. other than that , the announcers , and that pregame thing. i jut dont see where they put all this "time" into. they took out a couple audible routes that was good and they didnt add any, which they REALLY need to do in my opinion. of give us more control over the depth of a route at the LEAST of. i understand, many will say , this is just a new engine , they will tweek it in next 2 -3 years... well i dont care about 3 years from now, im playing this madden , right here , right now. if that is the case, they shoulda advertised it as such. like " hey guys , this is a new engine, so it wont be too good for a couple years , but this is the direction we are heading" . instead they advertised it as the biggest change in madden history, all for the better. honestly i really dont see that much that makes me all that joyful about it . also one of my biggest problems i have with this new madden is this ..... i like BIG HITS . its what makes the NFL stand out over ncaa, and is what most people really like to see. in all of the 6 games i played. i used the hit stick on every tackle, and not once , not ONCE did i see a hit where i was like ....DANGGGGG he got rocked.not 1 . this to me almost kills the game by itself. no point in having a hit stick if u cant just lay a dude out on the field with a really hard hit. i am very disapointed in what ive seen personally. maybe if they didnt hype it up so much , then i woulda just excepted the same ol bs from EA , then i would be like, well its what i expected , but its not at all . all i can do now is SMH.

[boooey]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Booey, it's been awhile. Hope life is treating you well. Believe it or not, I do agree with some of your sentiments. I'm hoping the replay thingy is fixed by retail as hopefully, they couldn't put it all in the demo. I'll scream if it's different than that, inexcusable.

hey roadman! nice to see a familiar face around here.
glad your still here

its funny.. i actually love everything about this game right up until the actual gameplay...

they did a fantastic job with presentation now compared to years back, but the in game graphics, players, and control are just bad..

If we were back in 2004, then I may of liked it.. but now in 2012/2013? no way man.. we should just have better by now.

[swanlee]

Played it for 5 mins, bleh

Thought last years version felt better, players have little weight to them, graphics look to be a step back, not noticeing anything significant about player animations, commentators are better.

Can't wait for next gen consoles sick of this gen of Madden

[C the Lyte]

The overall mix of perceptions in this thread is insane.

I actually enjoyed it and can't wait for August 28th.

I had a blast with Orakpo on defense. I could get off blocks with no problem.

[mirrored32]

It feels solid! They key players graphics went way too fast when they are displayed IMO. Commentary is good. As a DEMO for GAMEPLAY, I like it!

[kjcheezhead]

I only played one game of Redskins/Seahawks(me) normal speed setting on ps3. My impressions:

The game is a mess on these settings. The player movement is way too twitchy, the blocking is impossible to read (you just have to pray the defender isn't going to instant shed when you get close. I thought the NCAA demo had somewhat better blocking than this game.

Defensively the run commit creates a crazy Tecmo style d with everyone flying the direction you picked and blowing up blocks with ease.

The infinity engine feels random. I trucked a lb straight on with Matt Flynn and watched him crumple like he just got run over by a 250+ lb back but other times it played out ok. Mostly I felt no difference with who I was using just like in previous Maddens.

I wish I could've tried the new field level camera with the demo but doesn't appear to be an option.

I guess I'll try slow speed tonight but this game is just way to arcady for me. I'd give it a 7-7.5 right now and I'll probably be passing this year. I thought Madden 14 might be the game with improved line play but now I think Madden needs way more than just that.